NH could authorize degrees for Jordon university

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Legislature could decide whether to authorize a private university in the Middle Eastern country of Jordan to issue college degrees.

The American University of Madaba, of Madaba, Jordon, is a non-profit corporation based in Concord.

The Concord Monitor (http://bit.ly/TGIjlI) reports that under state law, in many cases the Legislature must grant permission to an institution of higher education so it can grant degrees.

Republican Sen. Nancy Stiles, the chairwoman of the Senate Health, Education and Human Services Committee, has introduced a bill that would give the American University of Madaba authority to grant degrees.

The University of Madaba was founded in 2005 by the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.